Open AccessDifferences in membrane selectivity drive phloem transport to the apoplast from which maize florets develop
Author(s) -
AnChing Tang,
John S. Boyer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mct012
Subject(s) - apoplast , symplast , phloem , biology , photosynthesis , botany , mechanism (biology) , cell wall , philosophy , epistemology
Floral development depends on photosynthetic products delivered by the phloem. Previous work suggested the path to the flower involved either the apoplast or the symplast. The objective of the present work was to determine the path and its mechanism of operation.
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